Fence-post.



10.848,921. PATBNTED APR. 2,1907.

D. 0. PBTRIE.

FENCE POST..

APPLIOATION FILED AUGA. 1905.

T Igl//I Y /MVV A Eg E5 witwassen the accompanying UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

No. 848,921. Specification of Letters Patent, Patented April 2, 1907.

Appuoam nea August 4, reos. serial No. 272,670.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, DANIEL C. PETRIE, ay citizen of the United States, residing at Biloxi, in the county of Harrison, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and u seful mprovements in Fence-Posts," and I do hereby declarethe following to bev a full, clear, and exact 'descri tion of the invention, such as will enable otliers skilled in the art `to which it appertains to makeand use the same. -A This invention relates to fence-posts, and has for its object'to provide a novel form of artificial post which 1s produced by a molding process and is formed to enable the convement connection therewith of picket fenc-` and wire-fencing. n

t is, `furthermore, designed to have the postcom lete in itself in: marketable 'form and capa le of being planted-or set upin the manner of any ordinary fence-post. With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combina-l tion' and arrangement of parts, as -be hereinafter more fully described, shown in drawings, and articuf.. larly pointed out in the appended c aim, it being understood that changes in the form, pro ortion, size, and minor details mal be ma e within the scope of the claim wit out departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages ofthe invention.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 12 is I a side elevation of a Vpost embodyingjthaA resent invention. Fig.- 2 4Iis a transverse.l orizontal section. Fig. 31s a sect1onal` v1ew'.' Like charactersof reference indicate correspending parts in -each of the several gure's the drawings".

'cement or other artificial materialw ,fire roof.` aid capable of withstanding frostean -the general eiect's of the weather:

By preference the post is substantially]tV rectangular in cross-section, anjdadjacent each uprightfcorne'i' there is a sti'iiening ele-4 ment 2 -inolded thereinaiidpreferably con?.

sisting 'of one or morejb'arbed'wires, the-barbs serving to anchor the wires inthe' ost andl prevent looseness thereof? 'while lt e wires serve 'to stiii'envthe post, tend-to' prevent' thereof, and. also serve to hold the .posts together, even .thoug'hit should become The body of *thev resent/post is ofv anys.

In one face of the post a longitudinal dovetailed the mo ding of the post, said groove or channel being open at its-upper end for the reception of a dovetailed wooden strip 4, which isV time exposesonly a comparatively narrow or other suitable fastenings (shown in the drawings) foronnecting the runner-wires 6 to the post without damage to the body thereof.` It `is ofl course ap ar lnt that the wire fencing' maybe formedpof lain wires, barbed wires, or awire fabric, an may be readilyconnected to the post merely by driving the fastenings into the wooden strip. It will herebexexpl to have the wooden strip removable from the groove in order 'that it may be replaced ,when Worn: y

therein, whereby .the -life of the post ismaterially prolonge f In one of the other faces ofthe post, preferably'that opposite the face 'having the longitudinal groove, vided upper and' lower transverse open-endedsJeats vor channels 7 and 8, and pairs of o eninv's pierce the post. transversely At roi-1g the backs of the seats and between vthe stiifenin'g'devices embedded in the post. Byreferenceto Figfof "the ,drawings itv willbe noted that the seats 7 and 8 are designed fto receive.l 'theJ upper and lower horizontalails 1v1' and 112 vof -a wooden fence, ysuitable;fast'enings' 'I4-being passed through tl1 'e1"ai.ls` and .the .respactive openings 9, said fastenmgsapreferablybeing in the nature ofk eior approved-.form of pic ets or without-the .woo eni'stirip 4 andthe fastens` 4,? as. these' elements 'may "be individu.-

- ofi -withstaiidingithe effects ,ofjtlie weather',

the only* destructible'portion .beingfthe Ib newed whenever required. Moreover, the 1 wooden strip-which may Vbe conveniently re- Acracked 'entirely through.

pos`tf is adapted forthe vsupport lof., bothgroove or channel 3 is formed during from themold. The dovetailed' portion thereof for the reception of staples 5 the fencing there are pro-v holts, .as to 'snugly-securethe-rails' to the`v .alyg supplied by`v the `purchaser of; the post's whenevenitisdesired to erect the fence.- f-Aspost; is' -formed yentirely ,fof

ained that it is proposed are .of,conrseconnected to the rails'. lronffthe foregoing-description it will be understood thatthepresentfpost is completeroo.'

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post, stren thening devices embodied in the post and a igibrous strip engaged in the gro'ove, said seats being arranged Afor the reception offence portions therein, said posts having passages formed therethrough communicating with the seats.

n testimony whereof 1 ahx my signature 2 in presence oftwo Witnesses.

DANIEL o. PETRIE.' y

Nitnessesz GUS HERZLENA, J. P. HOGAN. 

